Best Tenseness Poems

I lie beside you
Trying to keep still
Yet…this need is eating away at me
I sigh
Sure that my desire
Is working its way out of my body
Glowing out...

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My first memory was of you,
Your arms around around me,
I could not see your face,
Or feel your breath close to me,
But I saw your arms...

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Painting in my art studio is a relief to me 
My breathing changes the minute I sit in my chair. 
Facing a field of snow-covered...

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Edgy, I occupy myself with a book pretending
the storm will veer away. But the rumbles get louder
and the first blitz of lightning etches the black...

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There had been some twists and turns in his life
The rough streets were behind him
He had money in his pocket 
No longer ashamed of himself
He...

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From our table
We drank
And laughed
Made cutting remarks
Each one of us 
Trying to sound smart.

Ordering another round
Heavy hands rested on the table
Waiting for the night to...

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felt like i did before thats how i know i missed ya
if i could then i woulda grabbed ya hugged and kissed ya
bachelor for eternity...

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It is very rare, but a welcome point,
when absolute silence is found.
No screams or cries, no dogs barking,
no planes, trains or T.V. in the background.

No...

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Bewitchingly and exotically scanning your senses,
Softly altering capturing thoughts engaging memories,
Communicating with your labiums electrifying ferocity,
Soothingly gliding through the entries held secured,
Tenseness eases, with vigor...

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There were blizzard warnings.
We scoffed at them. We were young,
and our children had to see their grandparents for Christmas.

No matter what, we were going to...

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Revenge of a nation

Sweet revenge for Orestes
For the slaying of his father
Pitied his sullen face
Cold and no longer with us
Killed with vigour
His betraying sword
Sacrifice to...

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Richard Vobes, a gentle man with measured tones
Helpful content broadcast to many, inventive mind
Makes often light; on 'you tube' of dark designs palpable as night
Airless,...

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There is a tenseness in the air this 4th of July
"Has something changed" we ask as we view the world flashing by
"Are we still the...

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walking down the street
driving in the car
riding on the train
flying on the plane
an eye for more than just
the routine comes about
like a pleasant smelling incense...

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Here, take my hand and come along
Lie down in the bed, for you're tired and sleepy
To help relax your mind, I'll put on a mellow...

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